Max Stirner(German Philosopher)

Date of Birth:

October 25, 1806

Date of Death:

June 26, 1856

Nationality:

German

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8

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Johann Kaspar Schmidt , better known as Max Stirner , was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary grandfathers of nihilism, existentialism, post-modernism and anarchism, especially of individualist anarchism. Stirner's main work is The Ego and Its Own, also known as The Ego and His Own . This work was first published in 1844 in Leipzig, and has since appeared in numerous editions and translations.